One
person was injured in an ATV Accident in Trimbell Township on
Saturday. According to the Pierce County Sheriffs Department, a
juvenile male was operating a 2006 Polaris sportsman ATV, when he was
crossing 440th
avenue, a dog ran out in front of him. The juvenile did an evasive
maneuver causing him to strike a fence. He was taken to River Falls
Hospital with undetermined injuries.
One
person was injured in a one vehicle accident in Ellsworth Township on
Thursday. According to the Pierce County Sheriffs Department, 77yr
old Marvis Johnson was traveling westbound on 490th
Avenue when she lost control of her vehicle, and entered the
northbound ditch and struck a culvert. Johnson was transported to
Mayo Hospital in Red Wing with undetermined injuries.
Elective
procedures were again offered at Advent Health Durand on Monday.
Angela Jacobson, Director of Nursing and Emergency Preparedness says
they are still screening all patients. Both
clinics are also operating and have returned to normal business
hours.
The
Durand-Arkansaw School District is preparing for the 2020-2021 school
year. Superintendent Greg Doverspike says the administration and
staff are working on a number of possible scenarios.
The
lawsuit over the safer at home order could also play a role in how
the district prepares for the next school year. Doverspike says as
the summer moves forward, a decision on fall sports will be made.
A
Trempealeau woman is asking why a dead person would get a
12-hundred-dollar federal stimulus check. Nancy Rogers says she
hasn’t received her check, but a check bearing her mother’s name
came in the mail recently. Rogers’ mother died more than a
year ago. She says she tried to contact the I-R-S, but got no
direct response. Rogers says the check had the word “deceased”
written on it, so the government knew her mother is dead – and
still sent the check.
Two
Barron County Sheriff Deputies were injured in an altercation over
the weekend. According to the department, the deputies were
attempting to arrest 53yr old Joe Browon, when he resisted arrest.
Both deputies were taken to Mayo Hospital, and one required surgery
and will be off work for 8-12 weeks, the other deputy is ok. Brown
is charged with bail jumping, disorderly conduct, resisting arrest
and battery to a law enforcement officer.
State
and local health departments are working together to facilitate
community testing events in northwest Wisconsin this week. The
Wisconsin National Guard will assist with testing for Barron and Polk
Counties. Local and state health officials encourage anyone living in
or around the communities and experiencing symptoms to get tested.
Testing sites and more information can be found at
w-w-p-h-r-c-dot-org under the COVID-19 Community Testing tab.
An
accused killer in northwestern Missouri is asking for a new judge and
a change of venue for his trial. Garland Joseph Nelson of
Braymer is facing two counts of first-degree murder. His
attorneys entered the motions during a Monday hearing in Caldwell
County. Prosecutors say he killed 35-year-old Nick Diemel and
34-year-old Justin Diemel last summer. Their remains were found
at locations in Missouri and Nebraska. They had traveled from
Shawano County to Nelson’s farm to collect a 250-thousand-dollar
debt.
Congresswoman
Angie Craig and Minnesota's delegation are urging the U-S-D-A to give
turkey growers access to any COVID-19 relief resources available to
other farmers. Turkey growers are facing COVID-19 plant
closures but are not included in the Farm to Families Food Box
program or direct payments in the CARES Act. In a letter to the
U-S-D-A, Minnesota's representatives say growers should receive
Coronavirus Food Assistance Program funds due to their losses and
also requested the department prioritize turkey purchases to
stabilize the market and provide food to people in need.
Minnesota
lawmakers do not expect a rosy picture today when the Walz
administration releases an updated economic forecast prompted by the
COVID-19 crisis (Tuesday 11:30 a-m). The state had a
projected one-and-a-half-billion-dollar budget surplus before the
coronavirus, and Budget Commissioner Myron Frans (FRANZ) is
predicting a "deficit situation." Hundreds of
thousands of Minnesotans are out of work, and the state is paying
unemployment benefits plus spending hundreds of millions of dollars
on emergency COVID measures -- while income and sales tax collections
are shrinking. Federal assistance will ease the situation
somewhat. The state also has about two-billion dollars in its
"rainy day" budget reserve.
The
state is offering a pay rate of 20 dollars-an-hour as it tries to
hire a team of contact tracers. The Wisconsin Department of
Health Services plans to bring up to one thousand onboard.
Contact tracing involves interviewing every confirmed coronavirus
patient and notifying everyone who has been in close contact with
them that they need to self-quarantine for 14 days. The D-H-S
has already trained nearly 400 state employees who have been
reassigned from their normal work duties in other departments.
An
appeal filed in Racine County Circuit Court seeks to toss out the
results of a billion-dollar referendum passed in a narrow vote last
month. The integrity of the vote is being challenged. The
referendum passed by just five votes and survived a recount, but the
opponents argue the recount was biased because it was conducted by
the Racine Unified School District itself. The money would be
spent on school buildings over the next 30 years. The group
calling itself “HOT” – for Honest, Open and Transparent
Government -- says the whole election should be redone in November.
A
federal judge is telling the makers of Miller Lite to get creative if
they don’t like Bud Light’s commercials. A federal appeals court
on Friday struck down a ruling that banned Bud Light from pointing
out that Miller Lite uses corn syrup in its beer. The appeals court
says a lawsuit is not a substitute for competition in the market. The
judge’s ruling says if Miller Lite doesn’t like the tone of the
ads, they're free to make their own commercials to respond.
Columbia
Correctional Institution Warden Susan Novak and two top aids have
been placed on leave after a pair of inmates escaped last month and
were caught in Illinois. Deputy Warden Lucas Weber and Security
Director Brian Gustke will also be off the job while the escape is
investigated. Thomas Deering and James Newman managed to get
free April 16th.
They were taken into custody the next day at an Illinois homeless
shelter. Some lower-ranking employees are also on paid
leave, but the Department of Corrections hasn’t said how many.
Leading
Democrats are still hope to have their national convention in
Milwaukee this summer. Speaking on ABC's This Week, Democratic
National Committee chairman Tom Perez said he's optimistic that the
convention scheduled for the week of August 17th in Milwaukee will be
held as planned. The D-N-C has already delayed the gathering due to
the coronavirus pandemic.
Researchers
at the University of Minnesota are warning that cases of coronavirus
could surge next fall. Epidemiologist Michael Osterholm says
the disease could follow a pattern similar to previous pandemics.
A nationally-known expert, Osterholm says we will need to learn “how
to live with” the virus that has already infected more than a
million and killed nearly 70 thousand Americans.
The
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources says a lot of people are
going fishing at the state’s rivers and lakes as non-essential
activities are opened up. D-N-R Secretary Preston Cole is
reminding anglers the restrictions are still in place. Cole
suggests fishing close to home and avoiding long-distance travel.
He says you still need a fishing license and the law will be
enforced.
A
judge in Milwaukee has ruled strip clubs should be covered by the
federal Paycheck Protection Program. Those businesses were
originally banned from seeking the funding to keep the doors open.
The judge ruled last week that – though the clubs are sexual in
nature, they are protected by the First Amendment and he decided they
shouldn’t be excluded from the program. The owners of four
Silk gentlemen’s clubs in Wisconsin filed the original suit.
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